Category Archives: Canadian Press

Liam Neeson says he's not racist, explains rage after attack
NEW YORK - Liam Neeson says violence breeds violence and bigotry breeds bigotry. The 66-year-old actor appeared Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” one day after he told an inte...
Feb 05, 2019

Bay, Dempster, Thomson and Ash headed into Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
ST. MARYS, Ont. - Former Blue Jays general manager Gord Ash wasn’t thinking about a lengthy career when he took a part-time job with the Toronto team’s ticket office in 1977. He just wante...
Feb 05, 2019

Super Bowl reaches 100.7 million people, down from 2018
PASADENA, Calif. - The New England Patriots’ competitive but action-starved Super Bowl victory over the Los Angeles Rams was seen by 100.7 million people on television and streaming services, th...
Feb 05, 2019

21 Savage's English origins stun fans of the Atlanta rapper
LOS ANGELES - It was a shock for fans when 21 Savage was taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents in Georgia. It was an even bigger shock to learn he had been an immigrant in the first place. The...
Feb 05, 2019
Ginsburg makes first public appearance since cancer surgery
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her first public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery, attending a concert in her honour given by her daughter-in-law and other m...
Feb 05, 2019
Michelle Williams returns to TV in 'Fosse/Verdon' series
PASADENA, Calif. - Michelle Williams is returning to television for the first time in 16 years, playing dancer and actress Gwen Verdon whose career aspirations were supplanted by her marriage to chore...
Feb 05, 2019

FX chief says Netflix exaggerates viewership numbers
PASADENA, Calif. - Someone is standing up to television’s Goliath, with a prominent competitor saying Monday that Netflix is deceiving the public about what is a hit and what isn’t. John L...
Feb 05, 2019

Third of Himalayan glaciers can no longer be saved: study
KATHMANDU, Nepal - One-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, threatening water sources for 1.9 billion people, even if current efforts to reduce climat...
Feb 05, 2019

In SOTU address, Trump calls for end of resistance politics
WASHINGTON - Face to face with emboldened Democrats, President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Washington to cast aside “revenge, resistance and retribution” and end “ridiculous pa...
Feb 05, 2019
Asia welcomes Year of the Pig with banquets, temple visits
BEIJING - Asia welcomed the lunar Year of the Pig on Tuesday with visits to temples, family banquets and the world’s biggest travel spree. Celebrations took place throughout the region, from Bei...
Feb 05, 2019